SDDS_table: Address of the SDDS_TABLE structure for the data set.
number: The number of parameters to be defined.
name: An array of NULL-terminated character strings giving the names of the
parameters. Must be supplied.
units: An array of NULL-terminated character strings giving the units of the parameters.
If none is desired, pass NULL.
type: An integer value specifying the data type of the parameter. Must be one of
the following constants, defined in SDDS.h: SDDS_LONGDOUBLE, SDDS_DOUBLE,
SDDS_FLOAT, SDDS_LONG, SDDS_ULONG, SDDS_SHORT, SDDS_USHORT,
SDDS_CHARACTER, or SDDS_STRING.
return value: Returns 1 on success. On failure, returns 0 and records an error message.